Do you eat honey?

Ms. Pingui · 20-01-2013 03:08PM

When I used to work with horses, we would mix manuka honey into the feed of any horse who was off their food to encourage them to eat. They loved the stuff!

Gummy Panda · 20-01-2013 03:12PM

kylith wrote: »

Honey found in the pyramids was still edible, even after thousands of years.

Afaik proper honey doesn't go off, it just hardens.

PC CDROM · 20-01-2013 03:49PM

cherryghost wrote: »

Where do they sell Manuka honey in Ireland?

Superquinn do it.

Stay away from the +XX stuff and go for the ones that say 100/200/300 etc

That is the proper stuff. Bloody expensive though. Like...reall expensive. Can be 12 Euro for a small bottle.

What you are looking for is the methylglyoxal levels in the honey. That is what the 100/200 etc is about.

Ghost Buster · 20-01-2013 05:05PM

Slightly OT but can anyone explain tyo me how producers get away with selling "Organic Honey"?

Bees have a range of 2km from the hive so exactly how does the producer know that they have only been gathering from organic plants?

But yes i do use honey a lot. On pancakes, in porridge, with natural yogurt and such...yum

Latchy · 20-01-2013 05:41PM

Yes , I've been taken it for years with whiskey , lemon,as a sweetener in tea and sometimes on toast . I have just popped a teaspoonful into a cup of ginger tea to help shake of this cold I have.

kneemos · 20-01-2013 06:15PM

Just googled false honey and as Capt'n Midnight pointed out on page two it's not honey without pollen which is filtered out to disguise the fact it's come from China or India,it can also be watered down by as much as 25% and have sugar syrup added,an Irish name would be no guarantee of quality either I'd imagine.

mattjack · 20-01-2013 06:17PM

gurramok wrote: »

Honey is good for you. Take it for that cough, sore throat, cold and use it externally to treat wounds. Before advanced medicine came along, honey was used to treat many ailments. Enjoy your honey!

WD40 will do the same job.

flutterflye · 20-01-2013 06:33PM

cherryghost wrote: »

Where do they sell Manuka honey in Ireland?

Pharmacies too - I've seen it in quite a few.

Mo60 · 20-01-2013 07:07PM

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Afaik proper honey doesn't go off, it just hardens.

I also thought honey did not go off, but recently have had to return 3 jars of own brand honey to my local supermarket. They all had what looked like mould in the bottom of the jars - one had not even been opened.

It made me wonder what exactly was in the jars.

Gee_G · 20-01-2013 07:15PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

why is it so expensive though? i was going to make flapjacks during the week with it but when i saw the price of the 15+ i changed my mind

In my local chemist they sell jars of it....€36 :-O

looksee · 20-01-2013 07:16PM

My sister treated a deep scratch on my elderly mother's arm, she partially treated it but one bit was missed as mum got fed up with the operation. The area that was honeyed healed perfectly, the rest has a scar.

cherryghost · 20-01-2013 07:25PM

Picked up some Manuka honey this afternoon 330g jar for 11 euro (UMF 15), it's bloody gorgeous.

Thanks for the recommendations on this. I've never been a honey fan but Manuka does the job.

Mountainsandh · 20-01-2013 07:25PM

Lidl had some beautiful honey in their gourmet range over the Christmas, watch out for left over jars ! It's Acacia honey, my favourite was the one with the wax bit in, but in my local Lidls they're the jars that ran out the fastest. What was left were the ones with walnuts, and the ones with cinnamon sticks i think (or something similar that I don't like). I tried the walnuts one too, and it was beauuuutiful. Acacia honey is very different again, but very refined and flavourful.

edit : refined as in, the taste.

Vojera · 20-01-2013 07:34PM

Mo60 wrote: »

I also thought honey did not go off, but recently have had to return 3 jars of own brand honey to my local supermarket. They all had what looked like mould in the bottom of the jars - one had not even been opened.

It made me wonder what exactly was in the jars.

Apparently the whole "honey doesn't go off" thing is a semi-myth. Supposedly as long as it remains unprocessed and on the comb it won't go off, but what you buy in the shop in jars has a definite shelf life.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 20-01-2013 07:39PM

i don't eat it but I use it as a facewash/mask every morning before I shower, has done wonders for my skin

flutterflye · 20-01-2013 08:05PM

cherryghost wrote: »

Picked up some Manuka honey this afternoon 330g jar for 11 euro (UMF 15), it's bloody gorgeous.

Thanks for the recommendations on this. I've never been a honey fan but Manuka does the job.

Does it still have that taste that honey has though? Or is it a completely different taste?

PC CDROM · 20-01-2013 09:01PM

Vojera wrote: »

Apparently the whole "honey doesn't go off" thing is a semi-myth. Supposedly as long as it remains unprocessed and on the comb it won't go off, but what you buy in the shop in jars has a definite shelf life.

Mo60 wrote: »

I also thought honey did not go off, but recently have had to return 3 jars of own brand honey to my local supermarket. They all had what looked like mould in the bottom of the jars - one had not even been opened.

It made me wonder what exactly was in the jars.

Having been in SQ this evening I read on a few jar that if it "hardens" they recommend putting the jar in a bowl of hot water. Dunno if that applies to it having "gone off"

Also noted that most show the amount from the EU/non EU on them, which was strange but makes sense having read this thread.

I still don't get those +5 +7 +15 ones though.

What does the +?? mean? The only thing I can deduce if that one is better than the other but no real reason why. Probably better quallity of honey but then what does that mean?

goat2 · 20-01-2013 11:14PM

i have picked up and looked at jars of honey in supermarket, and it says a mixture of european honey,
i dont want a mixture, i just want honey from the same hive in the same place, as local as i can get, if i cannot get that, then i dont buy.

Do you eat honey?

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